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>> the issue is that because there's an exemption for u.s. treasuries but not for foreign sovereignty, they plooech they're being -- we take this seriously. we are in close discussions and of course, we'll be looking carefully to see if changes are needed and do what's necessary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i want to follow up on the volker rule. i read with interest your comments yesterday that the regulators will not be ready to issue the rule by the deadline of july, which i think is becoming more and more self-evident. i assume the reason for that is that because you have 17,000 comments, you have the issues that were just raised by senator reid with regard to the reaction of other markets in the world with do what we may do with that rule and the need to conduct a cost benefit analysis just likely not to happen by the time we hit the statutory timeline in january. >> that's correct. we are be working as quickly as we can to get it done. >> the question i have is, as i read the statute, there's a deadline in july for the agencies to ac
>> the issue is that because there's an exemption for u.s. treasuries but not for foreign sovereignty, they plooech they're being -- we take this seriously. we are in close discussions and of course, we'll be looking carefully to see if changes are needed and do what's necessary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i want to follow up on the volker rule. i read with interest your comments yesterday that the regulators will not be ready to issue the rule by the deadline of july,...
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and the u.s. financial situation to the sovereign debt crisis. they argue that social safety net in this country, as we know it, which provides critical support to the nation's 99% should be tossed aside. those republicans have used the european crisis to justify arguments for draconian austerity in the united states, as it is now being imposed in greece. chairman bernanke and secretary geithner, can the financial situation of the united states be reasonably compared to that in greece? just curious. >> as i responded earlier on this, i think a direct comparison is not appropriate. greece has a much higher debt to gdp ratio. they're a very small economy. they don't have an individual central bank, a separate monetary policy. there are lots of differences. that being said, i think everyone needs to acknowledge -- and i'm sure you do -- that in the long run every country, including the united states, has to have a sustainable fiscal path and we need to pay attention to that. >> i agree. would you agree with that, secretary geithner? >> yes, of cours
and the u.s. financial situation to the sovereign debt crisis. they argue that social safety net in this country, as we know it, which provides critical support to the nation's 99% should be tossed aside. those republicans have used the european crisis to justify arguments for draconian austerity in the united states, as it is now being imposed in greece. chairman bernanke and secretary geithner, can the financial situation of the united states be reasonably compared to that in greece? just...
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when it does, u.s. taxpayers will be increasing leexposed to greater risk as the u.s. has a 17.5 equity stake in all imf loan operations. the imf is venturing into uncharted territory. never before has it lent money to countries on the scale that it has to greece, ireland and portugal. in our discussion today the secretary will shed light on what we can expect the administration to pose on a long-term plan that will prevent the united states from being on the road to becoming the next greece. mr. secretary, i look forward to your testimony. i will yield back the balance of my time. at this time the chair recognizes the ranking minority member for five minutes. >> i am pleasantly surprised that in the last 30 seconds of his statement the chairman managed to talk about the subject of this hearing. but most of it was a, i think, somewhat inaccurate attack on the general fiscal policy of the united states, and i remember a time when there were people on the conservative side who accused liberals of taking a blame america first strategy and saying everything was america's f
when it does, u.s. taxpayers will be increasing leexposed to greater risk as the u.s. has a 17.5 equity stake in all imf loan operations. the imf is venturing into uncharted territory. never before has it lent money to countries on the scale that it has to greece, ireland and portugal. in our discussion today the secretary will shed light on what we can expect the administration to pose on a long-term plan that will prevent the united states from being on the road to becoming the next greece....
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you think the u.s. economy is in a ditch as in a downward spiral with or without the help of the fed. we're talking a little bit earlier about the best ways to think about the problem the united states faces and the way to get us out of that problem. can you help us frame the way that you think about the current deficit in the u.s. both fiscal and economic? and a away out of that? >> i do tend to side with the atlantic cover story. maybe for different reasons. i actually see an optimistic path for the u.s. economy going forward. we're still dealing with three serious deficits that are holding us back. the first is a demand deficit that has been partly filled by a government transfer payment that's have held up consumption. and there's limits to that, particularly if you're going to get to sustainable growth path. we're getting a little job creation as you pointed out now that helps in boosting incomes. but we're facing serious global headwinds. and we have a -- another way of framing the demand deficit
you think the u.s. economy is in a ditch as in a downward spiral with or without the help of the fed. we're talking a little bit earlier about the best ways to think about the problem the united states faces and the way to get us out of that problem. can you help us frame the way that you think about the current deficit in the u.s. both fiscal and economic? and a away out of that? >> i do tend to side with the atlantic cover story. maybe for different reasons. i actually see an optimistic...
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u.s., the focus is jobs. many of the new ones arein a n . 'll tell y who's hirg. it's "nightly business report" for thursday, march 8. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. u.s. stocks posted a second day of solid gains as investors continue focusing on greece and whether or not its lenders will take losses on their loans. >> susie: tom, we're hearing that over 85% of bond holders have agreed to swap their greek i.o.u.s for new ones, even if that means they will get less money. but the deal would allow greece to get another round of bailout money, avoiding a messy default. >> tom: the threat of greece has been hanging over the global economy for months. today, u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner tells nbr in an exclusive interview, he thinks americans can be more confident now that troubles in europe won't be a huge problem here. the
u.s., the focus is jobs. many of the new ones arein a n . 'll tell y who's hirg. it's "nightly business report" for thursday, march 8. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. u.s. stocks posted a second day of solid gains as investors continue focusing on greece and whether or not its lenders will take losses...
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and secondly, could you also tell us what is the exposure of u.s. financial institutions to european sovereign debt? and can you categorize our financial systems -- would you categorize its exposure as significant? >> very good questions. on the swap lines, european banks have significant -- do significant business in dollars, so they need dollars in order to conduct that business. they were having a great deal of difficulty accessing those dollars. what those dollars are used for, about half of them are used for making loans in the united states, so they directly affect credit ability in the united states. the rest of the money mostly going gz for trade finance which helps facilitate our trade and helps in prosperity. so we have a direct interest in having an international fund market to work well. indeed, it gains confidence in the dollar that those markets are working properly. the swap lines seem to have been very successful. they have reduced the stress in dollar funding markets, and it looks at this point that the demand for those swaps is sta
and secondly, could you also tell us what is the exposure of u.s. financial institutions to european sovereign debt? and can you categorize our financial systems -- would you categorize its exposure as significant? >> very good questions. on the swap lines, european banks have significant -- do significant business in dollars, so they need dollars in order to conduct that business. they were having a great deal of difficulty accessing those dollars. what those dollars are used for, about...
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do you agree that allowing iranian access to swift undermines u.s. national security objectives and our objectives in preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorism and proliferation? and do you think that we can successfully exclude all measirn banks from swift rather than those iranian banks under u.n. sanction? >> i shouldn't guess and i won't, but swift is one of the supervisors of swift. we work with the bank of belgium and other international supervisors, and my understanding is that it would be feasible, and it's a very important system because it's part of almost every international money transfer that occurs. so, you know, it's -- it could be a real problem for iranian financial markets or financial institutions if it were -- if they were banned from using it, yes. >> let me assure you that every institution of the federal government that is involved typically in national security policy would like to see iran as financially isolated as possible, and so while you don't have a national security staff, whether it's the foreign affa
do you agree that allowing iranian access to swift undermines u.s. national security objectives and our objectives in preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorism and proliferation? and do you think that we can successfully exclude all measirn banks from swift rather than those iranian banks under u.n. sanction? >> i shouldn't guess and i won't, but swift is one of the supervisors of swift. we work with the bank of belgium and other international supervisors, and my...
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the u.s. seeks to plant anti missile shield in asia and the middle east alongside its european project but it's unfolding typically an affair as is seen as an attempt to expand american influence in the region. for the washington shutting down next up on its pursuit of whistle blows more journalists feel forced to sacrifice the truth appearing live. and spotlight next on our t.v. ending this edition examines how the greek tourist industry has been influenced by the country's financial times. oh yeah. i. see. today. as greece kid struggling to avoid a catastrophic bankruptcy its lawmakers approved bailout. europe stronger economies are eager to help their neighbors. for spending cuts and. tourism increases are the source for many. but as the crisis goes along. tourists are not that willing to do. so what's the remedy is there any chance to save the country by this tourist industry probably. more to discuss. its mayor to a city called. the economic crisis and. the. protests have damaged the gree
the u.s. seeks to plant anti missile shield in asia and the middle east alongside its european project but it's unfolding typically an affair as is seen as an attempt to expand american influence in the region. for the washington shutting down next up on its pursuit of whistle blows more journalists feel forced to sacrifice the truth appearing live. and spotlight next on our t.v. ending this edition examines how the greek tourist industry has been influenced by the country's financial times. oh...
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welcome back. >>> the u.s. insurance giant aig which used to be the world's biggest insurer before its fall in 2008 will sell down its stake in one of its most valuable positions here in asia, aia, which is based here in hong kong. the funds it raises will -- in that sale will go towards paying back its 2008 bailout which was the biggest in u.s. corporate history. ramy inocencio joins us with the details. how much are we talking about here? >> sure thing, andrew. aig is looking to make this much, $6 billion in this deal involving its former asian insurance arm. it involves a sale of 1.7 billion shares. specific buyers haven't been identified yet but they're said to include fund managers as well as institutional investors. in a statement on its website, aig said it expects to use the net proceeds to reduce the balance due to the u.s. department of the treasury in the special purpose vehicle, the spv, through which aig holds aia shares. the balance in the spv is $8.5 billion. the 6 billion aig hopes to make will
welcome back. >>> the u.s. insurance giant aig which used to be the world's biggest insurer before its fall in 2008 will sell down its stake in one of its most valuable positions here in asia, aia, which is based here in hong kong. the funds it raises will -- in that sale will go towards paying back its 2008 bailout which was the biggest in u.s. corporate history. ramy inocencio joins us with the details. how much are we talking about here? >> sure thing, andrew. aig is looking...
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a big drag on the u.s. economy. a will the of exposure to the mortgage market, either directly with loans and second liens that banks hold. so the losses that are predicted are as robust as they might be, i don't express a view on that. but it's healthy that investors and others are taking the data that the fed has made available and doing their own analysis. because regulators are not infallible. a lot of this is subject to judgment. so the market, taking a look at these stress test results and doing their own analysis and asking questions is a very healthy process and very good discipline on the banks themselves. also, the stress test focused on credit losses, what happen it is a borrower can't make good on his or her loan. that was the driver of the 2008 crisis. people couldn't pay their mortgages. going forward, though, and this has been addressed by some of your other -- this excellent list of speakers that you have today, what's the future risk, right? and should perhaps interest rate risk be built into the st
a big drag on the u.s. economy. a will the of exposure to the mortgage market, either directly with loans and second liens that banks hold. so the losses that are predicted are as robust as they might be, i don't express a view on that. but it's healthy that investors and others are taking the data that the fed has made available and doing their own analysis. because regulators are not infallible. a lot of this is subject to judgment. so the market, taking a look at these stress test results...
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>> u.s. production across the country of oil and gas is expanding dramatically, and will continue to do so, and that is a good thing for the country. but, of course, we have to follow the laws of the land in what congress has passed and the requirements congress has passed to make sure that production expiration -- >> i'll take my time back, i've only got about 11 seconds. the science that was used was steadfastly disproved, even the b.o.m. said this was a slap in the face, what the fish and wildlife service did. i'd be happy to continue the conversation on that. >> can i say one thing, mr. chairman. this is very brief and important question. you raised the concern, congressman, that when the imf or europeans provide assistance to the nations of europe that it's going to encourage further in the future. understandable concern, but i would just draw your attention how incredibly tough the conditions are that are coming with that assistance. if you look at what greece, ireland, portugal have do
>> u.s. production across the country of oil and gas is expanding dramatically, and will continue to do so, and that is a good thing for the country. but, of course, we have to follow the laws of the land in what congress has passed and the requirements congress has passed to make sure that production expiration -- >> i'll take my time back, i've only got about 11 seconds. the science that was used was steadfastly disproved, even the b.o.m. said this was a slap in the face, what the...
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u.s. special envoy robert king indicated the north agreed to u.s. demand for monitoring, to ensure the food reaches the needy and is not diverted to the military. >>> u.n. leaders asked kofi annan to use his influence in syria. the former secretary-general is headed to syria as a special envoy of u.n. and arab league. he will do what he can to urge assad and opposition forces to negotiate a political solution. annan med with the chief in cairo, and annan said hostilities must stop immediately, and called a humanitarian aid activity in the country. some arab nations still support military intervention. annan says that would only make the situation worse. >> i hope that no one is thinking very seriously of using force in this situation. >> annan will be the first u.n. special envoy to visit syria since antigovernment protests began a year ago. >> thousands of people meanwhile, have joined opposition over the last year. now a senior government official has resigned and defected. oil deputy minister announced his resignation in a video posted on youtube
u.s. special envoy robert king indicated the north agreed to u.s. demand for monitoring, to ensure the food reaches the needy and is not diverted to the military. >>> u.n. leaders asked kofi annan to use his influence in syria. the former secretary-general is headed to syria as a special envoy of u.n. and arab league. he will do what he can to urge assad and opposition forces to negotiate a political solution. annan med with the chief in cairo, and annan said hostilities must stop...
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the u.s. is preparing to resume its own production. the three parties plan to negotiate in china with accordance with the wto. if they cannot resolve the dispute, they will ask the wto officials to step in with advice. u.s. president obama said he will take a firm stance toward china. >> we prefer dialogue. that is especially true when it comes to key trading partners like china. when it is necessary, i will take action if our workers and our businesses are being subjected to unfair practices. >> chinese foreign ministry spokesperson defended his government's position. he said china's policy to control the exports is aimed at protecting the resources and environment. >> translator: it's true that china is taking measures to restrict exports of rare earth metals, but they are consistent with the wto rule. the accusation that china has an effective monopoly on the market is false. >> the case highlights the need for diversifying suppliers the metals. >> we advanced our schedule so we could get our materials out to the market. >> smith to
the u.s. is preparing to resume its own production. the three parties plan to negotiate in china with accordance with the wto. if they cannot resolve the dispute, they will ask the wto officials to step in with advice. u.s. president obama said he will take a firm stance toward china. >> we prefer dialogue. that is especially true when it comes to key trading partners like china. when it is necessary, i will take action if our workers and our businesses are being subjected to unfair...
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let's talk about the u.s. and iran because we've seen plenty of saber rattling from the mainstream media of course here's just one example of a comment line where sand looks like they are asserting that iran has nukes which is completely misleading and defense secretary leon panetta said that a pattern said to apac earlier today i played a sound bite at the top of the show that military action is the last alternative when all else fails but as he said make no mistake the u.s. will act if it has to when it comes to iran let's talk about the financial headwinds though today we've been discussing some of them in europe with my ex i'd like mission investment advisor for sic a pacific capital management and author of the popular blog global economic analysis but i want to ask him what one of his friends is saying about how to deal with iran because mish mark farber swiss money manager and our producer to me says he's a friend of yours he reportedly says that he believes iran and israel will end up sooner or later i
let's talk about the u.s. and iran because we've seen plenty of saber rattling from the mainstream media of course here's just one example of a comment line where sand looks like they are asserting that iran has nukes which is completely misleading and defense secretary leon panetta said that a pattern said to apac earlier today i played a sound bite at the top of the show that military action is the last alternative when all else fails but as he said make no mistake the u.s. will act if it has...
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so when you were in the u.s. unemployment rate did not change it's still it eight point three percent according to government figures that came out today this is solid news for the mainstream media and for president obama and his photo op earlier but here is the good news. we just both know that last more than. two hundred thirty three thousand private sector jobs. however as analyst david ater of c.r.t. acquitted by. about one hundred sixty thousand of those private jobs which is more than half are low paying work and per b.l.s. of the eighty two thousand professional and business services jobs added more than half of those forty five thousand were temporary the number of part time workers they didn't change and remember these are no part time workers because they want to be part time workers it's because they can't find more work that's stuck eight eight million people so that is for people who are looking for a better job then i guess mickey d's types jobs or full time work it seems good news though for one in
so when you were in the u.s. unemployment rate did not change it's still it eight point three percent according to government figures that came out today this is solid news for the mainstream media and for president obama and his photo op earlier but here is the good news. we just both know that last more than. two hundred thirty three thousand private sector jobs. however as analyst david ater of c.r.t. acquitted by. about one hundred sixty thousand of those private jobs which is more than...
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but i never imagined he would rush to the u.s. consulate. >> he declined to disclose why he criticized him and only said the matter is an isolated incide incident. he denied a report that he had tendered his resignation. some observers say the series of developments may have an impact on china's change of leadership. china has enjoyed growth over the past several years and has left the leaders of other countries envious. but the premier trimmed the target this week and it's still 7.5%. chinese leaders say they want to make economic development more sustainable. >> reporter: today's report focuses on environmental conservation and a group of citizens who have decided to take matters in their own hands. china faces some severe environmental problems. whole ecosystems are under threat. the government says it is trying to protect as many as 250 species of wildlife that are on the verge of extinction. one such animal that is barely holding on lives in the longest river in china. porpoises can be found in coastal waters around asia. but
but i never imagined he would rush to the u.s. consulate. >> he declined to disclose why he criticized him and only said the matter is an isolated incide incident. he denied a report that he had tendered his resignation. some observers say the series of developments may have an impact on china's change of leadership. china has enjoyed growth over the past several years and has left the leaders of other countries envious. but the premier trimmed the target this week and it's still 7.5%....
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. >> the u.s. economy is showing signs of recovery. the u.s. labor department says there were 227,000 new farm -- nonfarm jobs in february. the health care and social systems. it says unemployment rate remain unchanged at 8.3%. greece says many of its private sector investors have agreed to accept big losses on greek government bonds they hold. banks and other private creditors hold over 200 billion euros worth of greek government bonds. the greek government announced on friday that 83.5% of its bondholders have voluntarily agreed to the debt reduction deal. the government plans to use legislation to force other creditors to sign up for the deal. it says this step would bring the total amount of participation up to 95.7%. in a statement the finance minister thanked those creditors who have agreed to accept the losses in what he called a historic attempt. he said greece will carry out further measures necessary for restoring its fiscal health and sustainable economic growth. china's inflation in february showed the slowest pace of the increase i
. >> the u.s. economy is showing signs of recovery. the u.s. labor department says there were 227,000 new farm -- nonfarm jobs in february. the health care and social systems. it says unemployment rate remain unchanged at 8.3%. greece says many of its private sector investors have agreed to accept big losses on greek government bonds they hold. banks and other private creditors hold over 200 billion euros worth of greek government bonds. the greek government announced on friday that 83.5%...
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that is why u.s. government agencies are monitoring the situation closely. >> we are at least able to tell you that yes, this is coming closer. keep watching. do not get hysterical. >> watch out. a solar tsunami is on the way. >> but hysterical they got. this from the u.s. news networks. >> breaking news. a massive solar storm targeting the planet. >> how worried should we be? the sun is throwing off again the sheets of charged particles. these sheets may be on a collision course for the earth. there will be detected by the earth's magnetic field. it can magnetize the upper atmosphere, so power surges to the ground. surges have been so strong in the past that entire cities have been plunged into darkness. and there could be disruption to satellites, which could affect navigation computers and telecommunications systems. >> we are moving toward a solar cycle where these things will increase. we are already cooperating with the americans on this. the prime minister and president obama signed an agreemen
that is why u.s. government agencies are monitoring the situation closely. >> we are at least able to tell you that yes, this is coming closer. keep watching. do not get hysterical. >> watch out. a solar tsunami is on the way. >> but hysterical they got. this from the u.s. news networks. >> breaking news. a massive solar storm targeting the planet. >> how worried should we be? the sun is throwing off again the sheets of charged particles. these sheets may be on a...
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a good day for russia nadia petrova beats u.s. open champion sound stosur in an epic encounter in indian wells as three russians make it through to round four in california. on the klitschko brothers in sin and all the heavyweight boxing world champions attend the premiere of a film all about their lives in the cranium capital. let's start with the russian from nearly three matches were played on monday in the top eight group guus hiddink failed to make it two wins from two in charge of ranji following a goal a strong hand to spartak moscow both sides created good chances but struggled to convert the sold out deny my stadium in one spot nigerian striker manual m n e k threats in dante's goal a couple of times but those sides different stood for on their savings men also had decent opportunities themselves the best of which felt i'm a harsh god c.f. in the second half but he plays the shot over the bar will nail the final score being spat out stay in fourth eight points behind leaders and eat. well bottom side top playing their fir
a good day for russia nadia petrova beats u.s. open champion sound stosur in an epic encounter in indian wells as three russians make it through to round four in california. on the klitschko brothers in sin and all the heavyweight boxing world champions attend the premiere of a film all about their lives in the cranium capital. let's start with the russian from nearly three matches were played on monday in the top eight group guus hiddink failed to make it two wins from two in charge of ranji...
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the u.s. is rarely slow to criticize the election process in other countries including russia's presidential vote last week but if you months america will have to elect a new leader using a voting system which has a few flaws i would so are not explains. one of these men could be president just eleven months from now as president even if i'm president as president of state so you've got is somebody who can actually get it done in washington as americans head to the polls in two thousand and twelve determine to take part in democracy millions of votes may end up rejected or thrown away com election night two point two million votes were lost in two thousand and eight due to voter registration problems david becker is the director of elections initiatives at the pew center on the states he says america's nineteenth century paper based a voter registration system has left the nation's registration rolls plagued by errors we found roughly twenty four million records that are no longer up to date m
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. >> u.s. forces sparked a spate of violence last month when they inadvertently burned copies of the koran. >>> clear skies turning cloudy later on in tokyo. a lot more severe weather in austria. rachel ferguson with the latest forecast. rachel? >> thank you. yes indeed, we're going to start today with a report on australia. as you just mentioned there, there is a lot of heavy rain. and the reason for it, a couple of systems, tropical lows that look ripe for development. there's just one here you can see just starting to form there in the cloud, and then anoth one just further on up the coast. we're going to go to this one now and show you what's going to be happening. right now it's moving south at six kilometers an hour. it's likely to become a tropical cyclone before making landfall in about 36 hours. so it's going to be about 10:00 p.m. local time in australia that it's expected to make landfall here. gale warnings have been posted anywhere you're seeing the orange here along the coast. and
. >> u.s. forces sparked a spate of violence last month when they inadvertently burned copies of the koran. >>> clear skies turning cloudy later on in tokyo. a lot more severe weather in austria. rachel ferguson with the latest forecast. rachel? >> thank you. yes indeed, we're going to start today with a report on australia. as you just mentioned there, there is a lot of heavy rain. and the reason for it, a couple of systems, tropical lows that look ripe for development....
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to libya now in the country's interim prime minister is in washington appealing for u.s. help to drive out of remnants of the old regime that's as the. when you live in authority has faced challenges and holding the country together with powerful tribal leaders already declaring semi autonomy from the capital tripoli analysts paskin are things washington is no longer interested in the country's political future because of we have a little puppet in tripoli. needle as we call not the stuff. he's saying that he's going to intervene in so he's going to be what you know where to look at if you two point zero it's going to intervene against the people of syria nika all over again because they are splintering to tribes in mr levy a has been antagonizing a central government tripoli for decades if not centuries and this is a second what's happened because of its printer nato doesn't care of course the us the brits and the french don't care as long as they have contracts with tripoli alliance between especially against between a washington wound and in paris and the g.c.c. they w
to libya now in the country's interim prime minister is in washington appealing for u.s. help to drive out of remnants of the old regime that's as the. when you live in authority has faced challenges and holding the country together with powerful tribal leaders already declaring semi autonomy from the capital tripoli analysts paskin are things washington is no longer interested in the country's political future because of we have a little puppet in tripoli. needle as we call not the stuff. he's...
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and largely, as we look to what occurred in the u.s. with bailouts, i think many people, like me, have a significant concern of conflicts of interest, issues of lack of transparency and a lack of openness. mr. secretary, as we look to the auto bailouts, you served in three different roles. you served as secretary of the treasury, looking at issues of the taxpayers' dollars and exercising the ownership interest by the united states to the extent that the united states became an owner, frequently, in the auto bailouts. you served as co-chair of the auto task force and board member of the guarantee corporation. you were simultaneously leading all the agencies on every side of the deal in one whole role or another. throughout these processes, you've refused and treasury has refused to answer questions. you provided unredacted documents, disclosed relative information that people have asked to hold accountable the treasury to find out what has occurred, where the tax dollars has gone. delphi retirees, 20,000 people across this country lost a
and largely, as we look to what occurred in the u.s. with bailouts, i think many people, like me, have a significant concern of conflicts of interest, issues of lack of transparency and a lack of openness. mr. secretary, as we look to the auto bailouts, you served in three different roles. you served as secretary of the treasury, looking at issues of the taxpayers' dollars and exercising the ownership interest by the united states to the extent that the united states became an owner,...
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they have u.s. dollars. >> i guess their capital is in euros. that's correct. >> how would they repay us? >> from the banks they lent to in dollars that would give them dollar. >> many of those bank koss go belly up as well. they'll have trouble recovering that. the inflationary problem is a real problem. how will we get our money back? >> well, again, the european central bank is a highly solvent institution. it is committed to low inflation. it is, in turn, supported by a whole network of central banks of the 17 countries which have their own -- >> i understand. that's not really answering my question. >> the kind of scenario you're envisioning where they couldn't pay us back would be absolutely apocalyptic. it would mean a major collapse of governments in europe, a collapse in -- >> let me follow up with this question. let's say greece doesn't default. >> it's already defaulted. >> i understand. let's say they are forced to leave the european union because they don't comply with the new finance. and we have a cascading effect into italy, mayb
they have u.s. dollars. >> i guess their capital is in euros. that's correct. >> how would they repay us? >> from the banks they lent to in dollars that would give them dollar. >> many of those bank koss go belly up as well. they'll have trouble recovering that. the inflationary problem is a real problem. how will we get our money back? >> well, again, the european central bank is a highly solvent institution. it is committed to low inflation. it is, in turn,...
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alps setting the all russian not be a patro but sees off u.s. open champion some stores are following one application calling church going well. and hitting the heights find out he'd finish top of the pile when eastern europe schools until subpoenaed snowboarding event touched on in sin. let's take this hour with football where it's last chance saloon for a couple of big guns in the champions league tonight byron munich inter most overcome the last sixteen first leg losses to make the quarterfinals twenty ten winners enter there in france take on more say the syria giants lost one nil last time arts up the sun's zero not exactly a picture of health for the fast approaching clash key defender christian chief who is through suspension while nikon could be on the sidelines with a knee injury the nerves jury are whoever boosted by their first win intend games at the weekend interviewing keevil to know a result but reportedly movements are claudio ranieri to team. munich i'm not sure you pine kids also must play catch up tonight the abundance league
alps setting the all russian not be a patro but sees off u.s. open champion some stores are following one application calling church going well. and hitting the heights find out he'd finish top of the pile when eastern europe schools until subpoenaed snowboarding event touched on in sin. let's take this hour with football where it's last chance saloon for a couple of big guns in the champions league tonight byron munich inter most overcome the last sixteen first leg losses to make the...
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and, in fact, as canada, i've checked on the -- double checked on the u.s. census bureau website dealing with foreign trade and year-to-date canada accounts for 16.2% for all of our trade, both exports and imports. china is at 14.2% and all of european nations singularly are in the single digits collectively, much more significant than that. i had run out, actually, to meet with the gentleman who is the chair on international trade who is a member of parliament. rob maryfield from canada. and we had a little conversation about this, we talked about what's happening in canada and with -- with their budgets, they are actually going to be introducing an austerity budget. they have lowered their tax rates. they believe that they are on firm ground and certainly prime minister harper who has been here and other places around the world is looking for those trade partnerships. so we know that when we're talking about america, we're actually talking about an expanded north american envelope of influence really and canada being so tied directly to europe, they are al
and, in fact, as canada, i've checked on the -- double checked on the u.s. census bureau website dealing with foreign trade and year-to-date canada accounts for 16.2% for all of our trade, both exports and imports. china is at 14.2% and all of european nations singularly are in the single digits collectively, much more significant than that. i had run out, actually, to meet with the gentleman who is the chair on international trade who is a member of parliament. rob maryfield from canada. and...
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u.s. financial institutions have dramatically reduced their exposure to the countries and crisis in europe over the last 18 months or so. and they did buy protection against the remaining exposure they had, but that exposure is very, very small. but any investors around the world that had exposure to greece going into this exchange will be able to or at least almost all of them will be able to take advantage of the protection they purchased through cds. >> you know, it's kind of interesting from the standpoint that this situation's been prevalent for at least a couple of years i've been aware of. seems like we're allowing the american public to be aware of it. and i'm curious, why were we not being more outfront, talking about this over the last couple of years? say two years ago? i'm sure your office knew about this and knew the concerns especially after 2008 and knowing the intricacies of how complicated and complex the financial world is and how tied together we as the united states and
u.s. financial institutions have dramatically reduced their exposure to the countries and crisis in europe over the last 18 months or so. and they did buy protection against the remaining exposure they had, but that exposure is very, very small. but any investors around the world that had exposure to greece going into this exchange will be able to or at least almost all of them will be able to take advantage of the protection they purchased through cds. >> you know, it's kind of...
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but what i do know is that the great bulk of u.s. gold is held by the treasury not by the fed. >> okay, thank you. so we've been trying to track cumulative effective the dodd/frank bill. it has about 400 rulemaking requirements in it. some of them you're required to comply with. and recently we reached a milestone i think of 400. we put out about 140 of the rules. and so we still -- so about a third of the way through there. it was alarming to find that basically the regulators themselves published it would take about 22 million man hours per year to comply with the first 140 regulations. and so that means we're two-thirds of the way. and so we're obviously headed to a lot of compliance hours. it was interesting to also note that only took 20 million man hours to build the panama canal. i think that most everybody would agree that 20 million man hours spent building the panama canal created more economic opportunity than in $22 million man hours complying with regulations. are you concerned? i mean, that this level of regulation and
but what i do know is that the great bulk of u.s. gold is held by the treasury not by the fed. >> okay, thank you. so we've been trying to track cumulative effective the dodd/frank bill. it has about 400 rulemaking requirements in it. some of them you're required to comply with. and recently we reached a milestone i think of 400. we put out about 140 of the rules. and so we still -- so about a third of the way through there. it was alarming to find that basically the regulators themselves...
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now, at look at what is going on on the u.s. senate floor, tebow to see if there is future for the keystone pipeline. fox is confirming that the president is lobbying democrats to oppose the measure and now, we have been wondering why. obviously the president is not keen on being taken out of the process and that is what got his goat but you say we have to do the keystone thing with or without him? >>guest: a reason the president is twisting arms he realizes he will be exposed and being more interested in the politics than the energy side of it. he is trying to indicator to the wishes of the extreme left wing environmentalists because there is no way that this should be opposed. the democrats came out 22 democrats back if october, came out supporting the keystone pipeline and now the department of state, three years of environmental reviews saying we need this for jobs, we needs the 20,000 jobs and, obviously, this is going to be closer than the president thinks or was going to be before he got involved but this is in time for t
now, at look at what is going on on the u.s. senate floor, tebow to see if there is future for the keystone pipeline. fox is confirming that the president is lobbying democrats to oppose the measure and now, we have been wondering why. obviously the president is not keen on being taken out of the process and that is what got his goat but you say we have to do the keystone thing with or without him? >>guest: a reason the president is twisting arms he realizes he will be exposed and being...
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u.s. and europe will agree to release oil stocks into the market to drive down the cost of crude last year as the war in libya tightened surprise countries belonging to the paris based international energy agency released sixty million barrels of crude onto the market price it's now new sanctions over iran have also been influencing cost from the national iranian american council says the west can only blame itself for the spike in prices the real problem here is that the u.s. and the e.u. have passed these on president saying sharon's without a real strategy or understanding of comes next we're sort of making this up as we go along and we're finding that the sanctions that we put in place to try to restrict iran from profiting off of oil sales is really actually backfiring on us and that iran has tremendous leverage against us if we're going to take this confrontation to one to energy so i'm skeptical of the ability of the united states and france and others to actually mitigate this pres
u.s. and europe will agree to release oil stocks into the market to drive down the cost of crude last year as the war in libya tightened surprise countries belonging to the paris based international energy agency released sixty million barrels of crude onto the market price it's now new sanctions over iran have also been influencing cost from the national iranian american council says the west can only blame itself for the spike in prices the real problem here is that the u.s. and the e.u. have...
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notably u.s. financial institutions have very limited direct credit exposures to the most vulnerable euro area countries and u.s. money market funds have almost no exposure to those countries. there are some exposures arisings from the sale of credit default swaps on sovereign debt, but our assessment is that those are broadly hedged with ces and the other direction. and that the counter parties to those cds are broadly disburses and are strong banks in europe. >> although u.s. banks have limited exposurable to peripheral yarpian countrieser that exposure to the larger core countries is much more material, mo those funds remain structural little vulnerable despite steps taken since the recent financial crisis. so the risk does remain a concern for those supervisors and regulators. in particular where the situation in europe to take a severe turn for the worse, the u.s. financial sector would likely have to contend not only with problems stemming from direct european exposures but declines in globa
notably u.s. financial institutions have very limited direct credit exposures to the most vulnerable euro area countries and u.s. money market funds have almost no exposure to those countries. there are some exposures arisings from the sale of credit default swaps on sovereign debt, but our assessment is that those are broadly hedged with ces and the other direction. and that the counter parties to those cds are broadly disburses and are strong banks in europe. >> although u.s. banks have...
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right now u.s. troops are scheduled to wrap up their mission in afghanistan in 2014. >>> concern for the safety of homeless female veterans is prompting a senate committee hearing soon according to recent veterans affairs reports, some women who are now homeless are living in men's only homeless shelters. many of those shelters house women and men on the same floor and the same bedroom. both men and women are also forced to share bathrooms with insufficient or no locks on them. inspectors found women who were housed in some hopeless shelters simply because staff didn't know the facilities were supposed to be only for men. the hearing is scheduled for wednesday. >>> today we're expected to learn new estimates about the cost of reforming health care in america. on monday the obama administration released a blueprint for states to sign up millions of uninsured americans for medical coverage through the president's health care law. beginning january 1, 2014, millions will be able to buy health insurance
right now u.s. troops are scheduled to wrap up their mission in afghanistan in 2014. >>> concern for the safety of homeless female veterans is prompting a senate committee hearing soon according to recent veterans affairs reports, some women who are now homeless are living in men's only homeless shelters. many of those shelters house women and men on the same floor and the same bedroom. both men and women are also forced to share bathrooms with insufficient or no locks on them....
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human rights groups find the u.s. kept sending out game detainees to prisons where evidence of torture had been uncovered this despite a ban on such transfers last july the claims of new abuse have already service. u.k. construction workers demand justice as they find out they landed on an illegal blacklist for campaigning for safer jobs and investigation found some of the information used to identify so-called troublemakers came from police. as western nations struggle with debt problems especially in western europe russia's economy has managed to stay buoyant up next dechen finance minister tells us why. hello again on the wall come to spotlight they intrude on part two i'll be in the event today my guest who's city star trek. two thousand and eleven has become a landmark for the russian economy inflation rate was the lowest in decades and other economic indicators because of the two despite the global economic downturn morrow after decades of negotiations russia has finally been admitted to the w t o opening great
human rights groups find the u.s. kept sending out game detainees to prisons where evidence of torture had been uncovered this despite a ban on such transfers last july the claims of new abuse have already service. u.k. construction workers demand justice as they find out they landed on an illegal blacklist for campaigning for safer jobs and investigation found some of the information used to identify so-called troublemakers came from police. as western nations struggle with debt problems...
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the u.s. is strong. but for them europe and asia were weak. this is where they'll get their growth going forward. if you buy a stock like mcdonald's, you're buying it for this international growth over the next five years. so to me the thing trades at a premium to its peers. it had a tough week. since reporting that. to me i think you have to start to focus about some price action here. it does trade at the high teens. it trades at a premium. >> i mentioned mcdonald's because the trade tonight is on nike. it almost seems like a similar picture. and it's also close to all-time highs which was the case for mcdonald's ahead of its same store sales numbers. >> it's interesting to me. a lot of ways they're trading for the last year. both paid nice dividends. big buyback programs. you see this interesting by fur kags. nike keeps going. there's catalysts going for them. they have european soccer championships. olympics. nfl jersey deal. there's a lot of things bulls want to pull to here. that's the high end of the five-year range here. so it's not ri
the u.s. is strong. but for them europe and asia were weak. this is where they'll get their growth going forward. if you buy a stock like mcdonald's, you're buying it for this international growth over the next five years. so to me the thing trades at a premium to its peers. it had a tough week. since reporting that. to me i think you have to start to focus about some price action here. it does trade at the high teens. it trades at a premium. >> i mentioned mcdonald's because the trade...
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that is what the u.s. government is monitoring the situation closely. >> yes, this is coming towards them. be aware, be watching. >> watched. a solar tsunami is on the white. >> this from the u.s. news network's. >> breaking news. a massive solar storm. >> how worried should we be? these are gigantic sheets of charged particles. these sheets may be on a collision course with the earth. the solar storm can electrify the upper atmosphere. that leads to power surges on the ground. and in the past, surges could be so strong that entire cities would be plunged into darkness. and there could be destruction to the planet's satellites. >> it is taken extremely seriously. we may expect these things to increase. we are already cooperating with the americans on this. president obama signed an agreement early last year. >> there are no reports so far of power failures or communications problems. bbc news. >> today is international women's day, but we think it is worth remarking. women have made huge strides in recent
that is what the u.s. government is monitoring the situation closely. >> yes, this is coming towards them. be aware, be watching. >> watched. a solar tsunami is on the white. >> this from the u.s. news network's. >> breaking news. a massive solar storm. >> how worried should we be? these are gigantic sheets of charged particles. these sheets may be on a collision course with the earth. the solar storm can electrify the upper atmosphere. that leads to power surges...
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new york your coming u.s. presidential elections are also the main focus of debate and cross talk coming up later today people will grill says guest about the prospects of republican party nominees rivaling rock obama and how important the state of the u.s. economy will be to the final outcome. republicans have more money than god if they can produce anyone that is even my own bill you track too for i mean obama looks to looks like a rock star next to these guys. i think a lot of the really strong viable republican candidates are waiting for the next election cycle i think twenty sixteen you're going to be see some really good candidates but right now the economy is such a mess that no matter who is elected in two thousand and twelve is going to have a very hard fight on their hands and could be committing political suicide everybody wants to. use it a couple of times focus on the economy focus on the economy the economy is a mess it's sort of again it's worth noting that the economy is picking up there is an
new york your coming u.s. presidential elections are also the main focus of debate and cross talk coming up later today people will grill says guest about the prospects of republican party nominees rivaling rock obama and how important the state of the u.s. economy will be to the final outcome. republicans have more money than god if they can produce anyone that is even my own bill you track too for i mean obama looks to looks like a rock star next to these guys. i think a lot of the really...
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u.s. member of the board outlined the details of the agreement at a meeting in vienna. north korean officials agreed to halt uranium enrichment temporarily at their nuclear facility and say they'll allow iaea inspectors to visit the site. japanese and chinese board members welcomed the agreement. the south korean delegate said the u.n. agency should wait to see if pyongyang will do what they said they would. the nuclear director said he will send a senior official to north korea as soon as officials agree to meet. >>> analysts with a u.s. think tank think north korea may be pressing ahead with its nuclear program. they say recent satellite imagery suggests engineers have been developing the nuclear city. and lists with the institute for science and international securities say the photo shows a newly completed turbine building. they have been analyzing satellite images of the facility since 2010. north korean officials declared at the time that they were building a light water reactor. a p
u.s. member of the board outlined the details of the agreement at a meeting in vienna. north korean officials agreed to halt uranium enrichment temporarily at their nuclear facility and say they'll allow iaea inspectors to visit the site. japanese and chinese board members welcomed the agreement. the south korean delegate said the u.n. agency should wait to see if pyongyang will do what they said they would. the nuclear director said he will send a senior official to north korea as soon as...
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develop their own currency in terms of the united states i agree with you the leading threat to the u.s. recovery is a real meltdown in the e.u. and the current e.u. policies are precisely what increased danger of. but so. the greek people are either dealing with austerity or they want to try to go back and get out of the verizon they're going to have to deal with tough times that you know i guess it's a it's a lose lose at least in the short term william thank you so much for joining us tonight thank you so much. hard five our last break of the evening but when we come back i don't think the wealthy have enough influence over our political system so romney supporter can afford it and wins our tools on a war but i'm happy hour just hours from phoenix being rained in and the homeless are being used as internet hotspots at south by southwest all that will come back. to. get are sometimes you see a story and it seems so for life you think you understand it and then he lives something else you hear see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't i'm sorr
develop their own currency in terms of the united states i agree with you the leading threat to the u.s. recovery is a real meltdown in the e.u. and the current e.u. policies are precisely what increased danger of. but so. the greek people are either dealing with austerity or they want to try to go back and get out of the verizon they're going to have to deal with tough times that you know i guess it's a it's a lose lose at least in the short term william thank you so much for joining us...